How, in other words, do Western societies balance the secrecy demanded by their spies against the moral codes those shadowy agencies claim to protect?
Ms. Ewald's employment of children adds a certain shadowy intrigue, a hint of moral ambiguity, to what otherwise would seem to be an enterprise of selfless altruism.
I feel Journey is the creative achievement of the year but my personal favorite is the quirky, original Catherine, a unique game which embraces choice in its form while also showing the shadowy, paralyzing underside of our moral decisions in its content.
Their assets, which amount to $15bn, are held in 60 companies and 2,500 trusts, using structures and strategies that Forbes magazine – normally a cheerleader for wealthy elites – describes with an unusual hint of moral distaste as "shadowy … constructed to discourage outside inquiry – and brilliantly exploitative of loopholes in the tax code".
It is indebted to film noir conventions: the femme fatale; protagonist-narration (removed in later versions); dark and shadowy cinematography; and the questionable moral outlook of the hero – in this case, extended to include reflections upon the nature of his own humanity.
Through Jon's ever-wistful gaze, we feel the buoyancy of their youthfulness, their goodness — sometimes to the degree that they feel mostly present as moral foils to Jon and Ray, whose shadowy home lives have forced them to age beyond their years.
It looks a bit like the primeval forest in which the action of "Rashomon" takes place, that shadowy no man's land of ambiguity and moral confusion.
We are a Moral people who bravely enter the shadowy precincts where Idealism collides with Realism -- and come out enhanced.
It's easy to raise a moral panic about the Slender Man, a shadowy internet meme few people over 25 had ever heard of, at least until this week.
